Leander Hamilton McCormick photograph
collection, 1865-1927, bulk 1880-1920
Descriptive
Inventory for the Collection at Chicago Historical Society, Research Center.
by
Diane M. Ryan, 1987, rev. 2014
Please address questions to:
Chicago History Museum, Research
Center
1601 North Clark Street
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Title: Leander
Hamilton McCormick photograph collection, 1865-1927, bulk 1880-1920
Storage: Box Lot (6 boxes, 8 x 10 in.; 4
boxes, 11 x 14 in.)
Glass Negatives (1 box,
8 x 10 in., GN0055)
Accession
Number: 1986.0418
Restriction: To examine the glass negatives or the
albums containing tintypes, it is necessary to make an advance appointment by
email to Research@chicagohistory.org or by U.S. mail to the Research Center.
Tintypes may be handled only by conservation staff of Chicago History Museum.
Description of the
Collection
Summary: Photographs of McCormick, his wife
Constance Plummer
McCormick, their
children, and the family mausoleum in Florida. Also
some photographs of
Constance as a young girl and her family. Albums
include formal
portraits and snapshots of McCormick family members,
views of England
where they lived for many years, a few interiors of
residences,
postcards of England and France (1910-1920), and photos
of Constance,
Leander and some Alister in Cannes in 1926-1927. Most
photos in these
albums are unidentified. Of interest are cabinet card
photos of
McCormick's inventions and a group of portraits of
McCormick labeled
"Studies in Expression"--possibly related to his
research in what he
called "characterology."
Container List
Box 1
1
Leander Hamilton McCormick - Portraits
2
Leander Hamilton McCormick with others (unidentified)
3
Leander Hamilton McCormick - Portraits
4
Leander Hamilton McCormick - Mausoleum in Florida
5
Leander Hamilton McCormick - Portraits of children
6
Constance Plummer McCormick
7
Constance Plummer McCormick
Box 2
1
Leander Hamilton McCormick - Studies in Expression
2
Inventions
3
Inventions
4
Inventions
Box 3
1
Interiors and exteriors - unidentified
2
Portraits - unidentified
3
Portraits - unidentified
Box 4
Album - portraits of women - unidentified
Box 5
Album - Constance Plummer and family -
portraits
Box 6
Album - Constance Plummer and family -
portraits
Box 7
5 Albums - McCormick and family, U.S. and
England - some are identified
Box 8
Album - postcards and photoprints of trips
in England, Europe and the
United States?
Box 9
Album - McCormick and family - portraits
Box 10
Duplicates
Glass Negatives:
McCormick family, household help, house, factory